The Model T made its debut in 1908 with a purchase price of $825.00. Over ten thousand were sold in its first year, establishing a new record. Four years later the price dropped to $575.00 and sales soared. By 1914, Ford could claim a 48% share of the automobile market.
Statesville Haunted Prison has been widely considered one of Illinois' best haunted houses for almost 20 years.
Rapper Lil' Boosie released from prison. Lil Boosie appears onstage during a taping of MTV's Sucker Free at MTV studios in Times Square on Jan. 23, 2007, in New York. Rapper Lil' Boosie has been released from the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, where he had been serving an eight-year sentence on drug charges. Warden Burl Cain says the 31-year-old rapper -- whose real name is Torrence Hatch -- left the prison just after 7 p.m. Wednesday. Cain said Hatch remains on supervised parole until 2018. Hatch first arrived at Angola in 2009 after pleading guilty to a third-offense marijuana possession charge.